Means for charging vertical retorts.



1. H. TAUSSIG.

MEANS FOR CHARGING VERTICAL RETORTS.

APPLICATION FILED .IAN.20, I9I3.

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MEANS FOR CHARGING VERTICAL RETORTS.

APPLICATION FILED IAN- 20, I913- 7 1,140,340. Patented May 18, 1915.

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Patented May 18, 1915.

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V l. H. TAUSSIG. MEANS FOR CHARGINGVERHCAL RETORTS.

APPLICATION FILED'JAN. 20I 1913.

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WITNESSES. INVENTOR OHN HAWLHY TAUSSIG, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA,ssIGNoR TO THE UNITED GAS IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION .OF PENNSYLVANIA.

COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A

MEANS non CHARGING VERTICAL im'roit'rs.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 18,1915.

Application filed January 20, 1913. Serial No. 743,028.

ToaZZ whom it may concern 'Be it known that I, JOHN HAWLEX'TAUS- SIG, acitizen of the United States, residing at the city of Philadelphia, inthe county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania,

have invented certain new and useful Means for Charging VerticalRetorts, of whlch the following is a specification.

The principal objects of the present inven tion are, to provide forrapidly charging vertical retorts with charges of pro-determined weight;to facilitate the determination of the weight of the charges as Well asthe determination of the relative volume thereof; to prevent undesirableemissions of smoke from the mouths of the retorts when they are charged;to enable a single operator to properly and easily charge acomparatively great number of retorts in a given time, and to completethe charge by introducing both the breeze and coal while the movablecarriage is at rest in respect to any retort or row of retorts.

The invention will be claimed at the end hereof but will be firstdescribed in connection with the embodiment selected from otherembodiments of it for the sake of illustration in the accompanyingdrawings, in which I Figure l, is an elevational view partly in sectionand somewhat diagrammatic illustrating features of the invention. Fig.2, is a side View drawn to an enlarged scale of traveling retortcharging mechanism embodying features of the invention, and Fig. 3, is atop or plan View of the same with some of the parts omitted for the sakeof clearness in illustration in the drawings.

Fig. 4, is a partial end view illustrating. the hopper suspension. Fig.5, is a partial view of the side of the .device opposite to .the sideillustrated in Fig. 2. Fig. 6,'is a top or plan view, drawn to tratingjadetail .of construction of. :the hopper suspension, 'and Fig. 7, isaidetail viewillustrating. diagrammatically a': feature of theinvention. v I 4 p In the drawings 1, is'a fixed receiver having a. coalcompartment 3 a breeze compart: menti, and suitable" discharge gates 5.As

- shown this receiver depends" from a frame 6,

suitably arranged in g benches 7, each of which as showncontainsrespectto the. .reto'r't an enlarged scale and illusof the charge retorts 8,in. rows of three arranged perpendicular tothe plane of the paper inFig. 1. Coal, even as it is received, passes through the crusher 9, andis lifted 10, to the chute 11, by which it is sent to the compartment 3.There are traveling coal hoppers 12, one for each retort in the row, andthey-are respectively provided with discharge gates 13. This coal hopperis adapted to receive coal from the discharge gates 5, of thecompartment3. 14, is a traveling breeze pocket having adapted to receive breezefrom the discharge gates 5 of the breeze compartment 4. 16,

by the elevator discharge gates 15, and

are chute funnels through which the hoppers 12, discharge theircontents, and each chute funnel is movable in respect to its hopperdischarge 13. 17 are breeze chutes receiving. breeze from the pocket 14,and discharging it into the chute hoppers 16. y

In use the coal is discharged from, the

compartment 3, into the hoppers 12 andbreeze is discharged from thecompartment i into the hoppers 14. The traveling parts are then brought,as. a unit, from coal. and breeze compartments, into line with a row ofretort mouths, whereupon the chute funnels are lowered so as to fit theretort mouths. For this purpose each funnel chute 16, may. be providedwith a flange 18. If

necessary or desirable breeze is introduced into each funnel chute andthe contents of each hopper is discharged into the corresponding retort,that is, a layer of breeze at the bottom and coal at of the opening 19,of each funnel ch'ute 1s less than the area of the discharge opening ofeach hopper 12, so that the charge from the the top. The area I hopperbacks up in the funnel chute and seals between it and the wallsof the 7.In this way and to a admission of air, :which the opening hopper, seeFig. large extent the enters the retort a rush of air into the retortand out again is avoided, and consequently smoke. is not emitted in anyconsiderable '95 ,W'Ould. be drawn into the retort with the charge, isprevented, so that when the charge quantity from theretort when thecharge goes into it. I"

12.0, are-.tel-ltaleopcn ngs provided-1n the side of each hopper, .sothat the condition can be observed, and these openingsare shown asprovided with or cov- It will hereafter appear that means are providedfor weighing the contents of the hoppers so that the total weight of thecharge as well as the total volume can be easily and accurately fixedand maintained. There is a carriage 24, which may be'wheeled and movedon ways or rails 25, carried by the frame 6, or in any appropriate wayarranged above the retorts. The wheels 26, may be driven from the shaft27, by the gears 28, and the shaft 27, may be driven by the handsprocket chain and Wheel 29, or by an electric motor 30, according tothe position of the clutch member 31, which can be shifted by the linksand hand lever 32 and 33, it being understood of course that current issupplied to the motor by means that are well understood and need not behere described.

34, is a platform depending from the carriage and upon which theoperator may ride.

35, is a controller by means of which the motor 30, may be operated andthe electrical connections between the controller and the motor are tooWell understood to requiredescription.

The breeze pockets 14, and breeze chutes 15, are shown as three innumber (corresponding with the row of three retorts) and they dependfrom cross pieces of the carriage 24. The chute funnels 16, three in nu.her, are connected together as by a frame 36, and are suspended fromarms 37, arranged at each side of the machine and connected with a shaft38, having a counterweighted operating member 39, accessible from theplatform 34. The shaft 38, extends across the carriage and is journaledin bearings carried thereby. .The gate 15, of the breeze pockets 14, areoperated by links 40, connected with arms 41, on a rockshaft 42, havingan operating lever 43. The rock shaft 42, extends crosswise of thecarriage and is turnable in brackets carried by the frame of thecarriage, and the links 40, have detachable connection with the gates15, as by means of a pin and notch connection, so that any one of thegates can be disconnected from the shaft 42, and therefore permitted toremain closed while the other gates are operated.

44, is a shaft extending across the machine and turnablc in bracketscarried by the coal hoppers 12, and it is provided with an operatinglever 45, and with arms 46. Each arm 46, is connected by a link 47, withan arm 48, rigidly connected with a hopper gate 13. Thus when the lever45, is turned the arms 46, operating through the links 47, open thegates 13. The links 47, have notch and pin connection or are otherwisedetachably connected with the arm 46, so that by disconnecting any link47, the corresponding hopper gate can be permitted to remain closed whenthe other hopper gates are open. All of the hoppers are connectedtogether as by rails 49, and are suspended from the frame of thecarriage at each side of the machine by a system of weighing scalelevers.

The equalizing levers and 51, are pivoted together at 56, and theirendsare pivotally supported by hangers 52 and 53, and

intermediate of the ends of these hangers are links 54 and 55, connectedwith. the rails 49, which carry the hoppers. On the op posite side ofthe machine to that shown in Fig. 2, and as shown in Fig. 5, there arehangers 52 and 53, and there are short levers 50 and 51, to which thehangers are pivoted as well as links 54 and 55", from which latter thehoppers are suspended. 75 and 76, are rods extending crosswise of thecarriage and of which one connects the parts 50 and 50, and the otherconnects the parts 51 and 51. To a prolongation of the lever 51, isconnected one end of a lever 57, centrally pivoted to the frame of thecarriage and having its other end connected by a link 58, with the lever59, of a scale mechanism 60. The scale mechanism frame is rigid with thecarriage and the lever 59, is pivoted at 61, to that frame. The scalemechanism shown is of the recordin variety but that is not essential. Bythe described hopper suspension there is interposed between the carriageand the hoppers a weighing scale which is one of the objects sought.

Among the advantages of the described invention not specifically hereinset forth,

' reference may be made to the fact that the carriage may be brought torest over a line of retorts and the charge of both coal and breezecompleted without moving the carriage. In use the carriage 24 is run inunder the coal and breeze pockets 3 and 4, which are fixed andimmovable. The carriage 24 is so placed that breeze from the breezehopper 4 enters the breeze pocket of the carriage and coal enters thecoal pocket of the carriage. It will be understood that there are asmany of these parts in a row as there are retorts to be filled. Thecarriage is then run out over a row of retorts,which are filled from thecarriage, or more accurately, from the pockets thereof. The attendantriding on the carriage accomplishes this by means of the handles 39, 45and 43. The carriage is then run back under the hoppers 3- and 4 andagain filled and run out over another row of retorts which are filled inthe same Way.

As has been explained the volume and Weight of the charge introducedinto-each ascertained and prede- 'tort mouth, a chute funnel movable inrespect to the retort mouth and adapted to closely fit the same, and ahopper discharging into the funnel and havinga discharge openingexceeding in area the discharge area of the funnel, whereby a chargefrom the hopper backs up in and seals the funnel, substantially asdescribed.

2. vMeans for 'chargingvertical retorts comprising the combination of amovable carriage, a coal hopper carried by the car'- riage, means forchanging the volumetric capacity of the hopper, and devices for weighingthe contents of the hopper, whereby the charge may be fixedvolumetrically and its Weight ascertained, substantially as described. i7

- 3.' Means for charging vertical retorts comprising'the combination ofa movable carriage, a row of .coal hoppers carried by the carriage,means for varying the volumetric capacity of each hopper, devices forweighingthe contents of the hoppers, breeze pockets carried by thecarriage independently of the coal hoppers and provided With a row ofchutes, and a row of chute funnels -common to the chutes and hopperdischarges, whereby a row of retorts may be si multaneously charged,substantially as de. scribed.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name.

JOHN HAWLEY. TAILSSIG.

Witnesses:

CLIFFORD K. CAssEL, FRANK E. FnENoH.

